Hugh Laurie Sings the Blues on the BBC

The British actor and musician Hugh Laurie recently performed “Swanee River” and “You Don’t Know My Mind” on the BBC. In the U.S., Laurie is perhaps most recognized as the anti-social but unlikely miracle-working physician Gregory House on the hit TV series House. But Laurie also is a multi-instrumentalist, indeed a blues musician. He will release his first proper album, Let Them Talk, on 9 May in the UK.

William Carl Ferleman is a professional music journalist and Shakespearean. He has written for the Baylor Journal of Theatre and Performance, Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation, and The Kansas City Star. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from The University of Kansas. A Kansas City native, Ferleman now is based in South Florida.